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Luxion announced the release of  KeyShot Enterprise Edition, a complete software solution that combines all KeyShot features and add-ons including KeyShot Animation, KeyShotVR, Network Rendering and Siemens NX integration. KeyShot is used for the creation of visuals in large companies and Fortune 1000 product manufacturers across many industries. KeyShot Enterprise Edition meets the need for users of high-end 3D modeling software who require both KeyShot integration and the complete suite of KeyShot products. KeyShot Enterprise Edition is the single product option that meets this need with a solution to enhance the 3D visual workflow for users of specific 3D software. KeyShot Enterprise Edition includes the following product options: KeyShot Pro Floating – KeyShot Pro Floating is the full-feature, floating license version of KeyShot. Features include unlimited realtime and output resolution, KeyShot HDRI Editor, View and Scene sets, Render layers and passes, NURBS import, OBJ and ZPR export and more with FlexLM license server management. KeyShot

Kalypso announces PLM Pulse, the firm’s managed services for product lifecycle management (PLM) system support, administration and maintenance. As the PLM market evolves and matures, more organizations are in need of specialized PLM technology support to ensure optimal system performance. Companies are finding it is often more cost effective and operationally beneficial to outsource this function than developing this capacity internally. “Our objective is to help organizations deliver real business value and sustainable results from PLM,” said Trey Allen, partner at Kalypso. “With PLM Pulse, our clients can get the PLM solution support they need from our business and technical experts. This frees up their internal resources to focus on more valuable innovation activities instead.” PLM Pulse provides user administration, configuration changes, on-call issue resolution, proactive system monitoring, environment strategy, installation and maintenance, and backup and recovery for leading PLM applications. Business process and direct user support services are also available. While designed to deliver the

The swift evolution of Edgecam Workflow is highlighted with over 50 new and enhanced aspects of functionality in the latest release. Waveform turning, multiple machining sequence support, ribbon bar and interface updates, and the inclusion of Wire EDM mean that Edgecam 2015 R1, from Vero Software, continues to be a game changer in ensuring UK manufacturers can compete in a global economy. Vero’s Strategic Product Director, Raf Lobato, says having developed waveform roughing for milling during the last two years, the new version of Edgecam also makes it available for turning strategies. And manufacturers say that will be particularly valuable in driving down costs.  Rob Duncan, from Linkham Scientific Instruments says: “We invested in a new mill-turn machine early in 2014, which is reducing cycle times. But using Edgecam’s new Waveform toolpath generation for turning, will make an even bigger difference. “We see Edgecam as a vital tool...we look at the latest enhancements and

Delcam CRISPIN has launched the 2015 release of its ShoeMaker Pro CAD software for the design of all types of footwear.  The new version incorporates improvements to the last import wizard, the introduction of style-line templates to speed up the creation of classic shoe designs, more flexibility in the modelling of heels, and the ability to create tuned flattening-parameter files based on existing lasts and production flattenings. For further details on the new release, please go to http://lz.delcam-crispin.com.  ShoeMaker Pro is the only CAD program for the footwear industry that integrates fully 3D designs of lasts, uppers and soles, so allowing the complete CAD model of the shoe to be developed and visualised in a single system.  This integrated approach benefits all footwear designers, but is particularly advantageous for companies making sports shoes and other designs that include complex soles. In ShoeMaker Pro 2015, the last import wizard has been improved to give more

Piaggio Group has adopted Zuken’s E³.series (http://www.zuken.com/en/products/electrical-wire-harness-design/e3-series) to support increasing cabling complexity and volume and to enhance their electrical design efficiency and quality. E³.series is Zuken’s electrical CAD tool for electrical wiring, control systems and fluid engineering design. The Piaggio Group (http://www.piaggiogroup.com/), which owns several prestigious scooter and motorcycle brands including Piaggio, Vespa, Aprilia and Moto Guzzi, faced changing requirements to their electrical design process. Global expansion brought an increase in the number of product specifications for different markets, so they needed to streamline their design processes and reduce their time-to-market to accommodate the increased scale of operations. Luigi Baracchino, Piaggio Electrical Engineering Manager said, “We looked for a tool to give an end-to-end design path from schematic capture to physical design. One of the reasons E³.series stood out is its inbuilt electrical intelligence. This will help us reduce rework and add digital prototyping into our engineering design process to satisfy challenging time-to-market and quality demands. Piaggio

AVEVA today announced that Promer Consultancy and Engineering Company has selected its Integrated Engineering & Design solutions for major engineering projects, with customers including Turkey’s largest oil & gas Owner Operator. In order to meet the requirements for increased project efficiency and higher quality deliverables, Promer will deploy the AVEVA solutions on greenfield energy and mining projects. It will also utilise the out-of-the-box capabilities of AVEVA Everything3D to read LFM Software Limited’s laser scan datasets to reduce rework on brownfield oil & gas revamp projects. ‘AVEVA provides powerful and efficient software that is tried and tested by many big names in our industry,’ said Altug Bayram, Promer. ‘We will achieve greater efficiency and save considerable man-hours using fully integrated engineering and design products. We spend less time on project revisions during and after the design stage, saving considerable man-hours across projects and improving the accuracy of our deliverables. AVEVA’s technology is

OPEN MIND Technologies AG is set to take part in SOLIDWORKS World 2015 in Phoenix, Arizona. OPEN MIND will present the 2014.2 version of its hyperMILL® CAM suite at its own booth and hold a presentation at the event, which runs from 8 to 11 February 2015. It is possible to call the hyperMILL® CAM functions directly from SOLIDWORKS® thanks to a shared database. Due to its outstanding integration, quality and interoperability in relation to its own CAD environment, hyperMILL® has been named a ‘Certified Gold’ product by the Dassault Systèmes SOLIDWORKS Corp. OPEN MIND is taking this opportunity to show the SOLIDWORKS® community the options hyperMILL® has on offer for the transition from construction to manufacturing. 3D shape Z-level finishing When it comes to Z-level finishing, CAD systems usually simply follow the X and Y coordinates. If the bottom surface is curved, the milling result is not optimal and it is necessary

Mentor Graphics Corporation today announced that Gregory K. Hinckley, President of Mentor Graphics, will present at the 17th Annual Needham Growth Conference. Who:  Gregory K. Hinckley, President of Mentor Graphics When:  Wednesday, January 14, 2015, 2:50 pm Eastern Time Where:  New York Palace Hotel, New York

Bob Chapman, Chairman and CEO of Barry-Wehmiller, is pleased to announce the promotion of William Kuhn to Vice President of Finance. Kuhn, a CPA, brings more than 14 years of experience at Barry-Wehmiller to this role, most recently as Director of Financial Reporting. As VP of Finance, Kuhn will oversee the company’s Finance organization and be part of the Barry-Wehmiller Executive Team, reporting to Chapman. He will have responsibility for the financial management, planning and operations for the global company’s almost $2 billion enterprise. “Bill brings ten-plus years of audit experience and three years in a key role within our Financial team to his new position,” Chapman said. “He’s demonstrated in both those roles his competence and commitment to helping build a strong and vibrant global organization that creates value for all stakeholders.” “I look forward to driving our business forward and supporting our ‘customers’ within and beyond the organization through this incremental

As you crawl out of bed for the first time in 2015, I am sure the first question you are asking yourself is, “why does my head hurt so much?” The second question you might ask yourself is, “what’s in store for PLM in 2015?” There are many exciting technologies that will impact PLM this year. 2015 should be an exciting year for any business that embraces the goals of innovation and efficiency. In this blog post I want to highlight several key technologies that everyone should target in 2015 for a potential place in their business. The Cloud The number of companies that are moving to PLM on the cloud has grown in 2014. There are many options for those that want to try cloud technologies for some part of their business. There are also solid cloud-based PLM solutions for those that are thinking of moving a significant part of their PLM